AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th century A.D.), Greek philosopher,
the son of Hermias or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of
Proclus. He taught at Alexandria, and had among his scholars
Asclepius, John Philoponus, Damascius and Simplicius.
His commentaries on Plato and Ptolemy are lost. Those on
Aristotle are all that remain of his reputedly numerous
writings. Of the commentaries we have--(1) one on the Isagoge
of Porphyry (Venice, 1500 fol.); (2) one on the Categories
(Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by
Brandis; (3) one on the De Interpretatione (Venice, 1503
fol.). They are printed in Brandis's scholia to Aristotle,
forming the fourth volume of the
Berlin Aristotle; they
are also edited (1891-1899) in A. Busse's Commentaria in
Aristot. Graeca. The special section on fate was published
separately by J. C. Orelli, Alex. Aphrod., Ammonii, et
aliorum de Fato quae supersunt (Zurich, 1824). A life of
Aristotle, ascribed to Ammonius, but with more accuracy to John
Philoponus, is often prefixed to editions of Aristotle. It has
been printed separately, with Latin translation and scholia, at
Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at Paris, 1850. Other
commentaries on the Topics and the first six books of the
Metaphysics still exist in manuscript. Of the value of the
logical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions. K.
Prantl speaks of them with great, but hardly merited, contempt.
For a list of his works see J. A. Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca,
v. 704-707: C. A. Brandis, Uber d. Reihenf. d. Bucher d.
Aristot. Org., 283 f.; K. Prantl, Gesch. d. Logik, i. 642.
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